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Private Eye (Deluxe)
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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"Colorful and relevant..." -"Slate" From the creator of the "New York Times "bestselling series "SAGA," comes the three-time, Eisner nominated, PanelSyndicate.com's digital comics sensation "THE PRIVATE EYE"! Finally, this book is coming to print in a beautiful deluxe hardcover edition! Set in an inevitable future of where everyone has a secret identity, THE PRIVATE EYE is an eerily prescient sci-fi mystery about an unlicensed private investigator who stumbles onto the most important case of his life. The series is set in 2076, a time after "the cloud has burst," revealing everyone's secrets. As a result, there is no more Internet, and people are excessively guarded about their identity, to the point of appearing only masked in public. "Readers and retailers have been begging us for a physical version of this story ever since we first announced our hard-boiled parable about the future of privacy in America, so when the time came, Marcos and I knew that we had to go with Image Comics, the most creator-friendly publisher of print comics ever." -Brian K. Vaughan
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Robotswithpersonality
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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A stylish, dystopic sci fi detective noir about privacy, freedom, isolation and connection, looking back at our current technological age and forward to possible dramatic difference with an equally jaundiced eye. More questions raised than points made. As much sex/nudity/violence as I've come to expect from Vaughan after Saga.

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TieDyeDude
The private eye | Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin
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This was cool! A near future America where the fourth estate takes control after the digital Cloud bursts and the Internet is dismantled. A P.I. gets pulled into a conspiracy when his client is killed. A classic trope, but expertly translated into a unique setting. Maybe my last completed read of 2024?

RaeLovesToRead Love BKV 4mo
vivastory One of the local major hospitals was a victim of a ransomware attack right before the holidays. It was so severe that they were redirecting ER patients to other hospitals & they still don't even have full access to their medical records. I think about this Vaughan story a lot.
https://www.kctv5.com/2023/12/30/liberty-hospital-staff-worries-patients-are-jeo...
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ShyBookOwl Vaughan is my absolute favourite graphic novelist! I need to check this one out! 4mo
TieDyeDude @vivastory I mean, there's evil, then there's holding a hospital hostage. This comic actually had me thinking a bit about growing up without the Internet, then growing up later with it, and the pros and cons. 4mo
TieDyeDude @ShyBookOwl @RaeLovesToRead Vaughn is great. I actually picked this because I loved the artist work on another thing I recently read. Interestingly, I didn't notice the art as much in this as I was sucked in my the story 4mo
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TieDyeDude
The private eye | Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin
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It didn't help that the book is an odd size...

LiteraryinLawrence Aww, this is so sweet! 4mo
vivastory This is one of my favorite Vaughan books 4mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 4mo
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AmyG Awwwww. Makes me miss having a cat. So sweet. 4mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
Clare-Dragonfly Anything to avoid disturbing the cat! 😹😻 4mo
kspenmoll My husband always has our Em positioned just like your cat barricading him from his iPad.😻😸 4mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
The private eye | Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin
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Futuristic America, living in a post internet world with millennial grandparents… I really enjoyed this one!

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
The private eye | Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin
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my exact thought process when I‘m trying to assign a dewey number to a autobiography/biography…

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booklover3258
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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As a fan of Saga, I was curious about this graphic novel. First off the illustrations as usual are great! The story wasn't bad either. A P.I. gets mixed up trying to do a background check on a woman when she winds up dead and her sister wants him to figure out who murdered her. I love his assistant throughout the book... without her, this would be a one star book. The ending was confusing therefore it gets 2 1/2 stars from me.

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vivastory
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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This twist on the #7days7covers is thanks to @GrilledCheeseSamurai #comiccovercrush
7 days. 7 comics covers you love. Day 1.
(Photo source Google Images)

GrilledCheeseSamurai This is a great one! 5y
GrilledCheeseSamurai And, actually, the idea of #ComicCoverCrush was @TK421. I just followed through with it first. 🤘🤷‍♂️ 5y
Leftcoastzen Yay! 5y
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vivastory Excellent idea @TK421 👏 5y
TK421 Thanks! I love seeing all these great comic covers.😊 5y
Eyelit I love this one! Great pick! 5y
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vivastory
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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That was awesome! A new five issue miniseries by Vaughan & Martin starts this month. They created the amazing tagged book.

Eyelit I loved private eye! Will keep an eye out for the new series, for sure!! 6y
vivastory @Eyelit It looks very promising! 6y
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Schlinkles
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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I absolutely loved this story about the near future where society is dealing with the fallout of all of humanity‘s secrets in “the cloud” have been leaked. The internet doesn‘t exist anymore, the press are like the police, and everyone takes on nyms so no one knows personal information about anyone. My favorite character was Gramps.

tpixie Great cover! 6y
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Schlinkles
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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Taking a break from schoolwork and laundry to sneak in a graphic novel. I love Brian K. Vaughan‘s writing so I‘m excited to read this.

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orangerful
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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Well...that was eerily relevant. My friend bought me this book a few years back so, of course, I haven't read it (#librarianproblem #noduedate) but I was home sick and needed something to read and finally picked this up and DEVOURED IT!!! BKV is one of my favorite authors and this did not disappoint.

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vivastory
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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"Private Eye" is set fifty years after everyone's internet searches & activities are made public. There's no longer active internet, but there are technological advancements & some even argue that they're of greater importance than during the internet era. This graphic novel explores the negative side of the internet & the myth that easily accessible information leads to better informed citizens. The story is compelling & the artwork phenomenal.

Leniverse Earlier today I saw that on a list of dystopian books to read in the Trump era. Along with 1984, Brave New World, The Handmaid's Tale and a few others. 7y
vivastory @Leniverse I saw that list too. I can see why they included it. 7y
Waynegjr It's so good. Plus it's available as a "pay what you can" at Panelsyndicate.com 7y
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[DELETED] 3323341091 this is in my tbr box! 7y
vivastory @Waynegjr Thanks for the link 7y
vivastory @fern It is fantastic, really thoughtful look at the ramifications of the internet. Some of the greatest artwork I've seen in a graphic novel in awhile. 7y
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vivastory
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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This book is set in the future but is full of references to contemporary culture

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vivastory
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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The artwork in this is stunning

manifestsanity I shall read this while waiting for the new volumes of Saga and Paper Girls. Thanks! 7y
vivastory @manifestsanity It is amazing so far. Kind of reminds me of the Robin Wright movie "The Congress" 7y
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pocketmermaid
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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Lounging and reading digital comics on iPad with coffee, cats, and crippling deadlines looming.

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GuiltyFeat
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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Gorgeous edition of former web comic that is going to be murder to shelve because of its odd shape.

The story is a satisfying blend of speculative noir that quickly establishes the rules and then allows them to play out. In plot terms this is as sophisticated and as cinematic as anything I've seen recently.

Meaty and fun, this was a great find.

Eyelit I love that one! 8y
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Eyelit
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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Future noir. The 'cloud' bursts and privacy is at a premium, so much so that people literally wear masks/costumes and have multiple aliases. Libraries are sacred and the press are the police. P.I., a paparazzi, is thrust into a case that will have serious consequences for the society he lives in. I had no idea what I was getting into when I picked this up. I really enjoyed this. Such a good comic!

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Bookrarian
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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Heh. Also appropriate for Summer Reading Program.

Brian K Vaughan is magical. I think he's incapable of writing a boring story.

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Symmerizer
Private Eye (Deluxe) | Brian K Vaughan
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I love all of Brian K. Vaughan's work and this is no exception. A P.I.'s work is never easy, add in the obstacle of no internet and everyone hides their faces behind masks in this interesting spin on what the future may look like. Possibly sooner than we may think...